

The Church Cracked Open invites us to surrender privilege and redefine church, not just for the sake of others, but for our own salvation and liberation.moreģ.5 - Stephanie Spellers has managed to write both an incisive critique of white supremacist culture in the Episcopal Church and an invitation to think and act constructively towards where God is calling us. In this critical yet loving book, the author explores the American story and the Episcopal story in order to find out how communities steeped in racism, establishment, and privilege can at last fall in love with Jesus, walk humbly with the most vulnerable and embody beloved community in our own broken but beautiful way.

It's not surprising that a global pandemic and once-in-a-generation reckoning with white supremacy-on top of decades of systemic decline-have spurred Christians everywhere to ask who we are, why God placed us here and what difference that makes to the world.

Sometimes it takes disruption and loss to break us open and call us home to God. It's not surprising that a global pandemic and once-in-a-generation reckoning with white supremacy-on top of decades of systemic decline-have spurred Christians everywhere This book will make a profound difference for the church in this moment in history. Curry Sometimes it takes disruption and loss to break us open and call us home to God. This book will make a profound difference for the church in this moment in history.
